Because there is not one educational philosophy that public school systems all subscribe to, teachers each design their classrooms and learning activities based on their own views of teaching, learning, and school. Thinking about your teaching philosophy allows you to question ideas about teaching and learning that you may otherwise have considered "common sense." This assignment is meant to provide a opportunity to "try out" your teaching philosophy in a realistic setting: Meeting the parents of your students at Back To School night. Your reading about the philosophical bases of teacher-centered and student-centered teaching may help you think through how you will teach and justify this approach to parents.
Imagine that you have just started your dream teaching job, and Back To School Night is scheduled in two weeks. Back To School Night is an evening where parents get to "attend class" in their child's classroom to meet the teacher and get a feel for what their child experiences each day. Each teacher is expected to meet and interact with the parents for about fifteen minutes. You need to decide what will occur during this time.
Dream Job: Teacher of Animal Sciences
Grade Level: 9th - 12th
School Description: High School with laboratory rooms
Subject High School or Middle School:
Animal Science, Anatomy & Physiology, Reproduction
1. What questions and concerns do you think parents will have?
What will my kids use this information for in the 'real world' What kind of experiments we would be doing in class, and making sure everything is well supervised.
2. What do you want parents to know about how you think students learn?
Parents should know that the Animal industry is one of the fastest growing jobs out there, and that there are many positions available in training, behavior, lab studies, and much much more.
3. What do you want parents to understand about your approach to teaching?
That i just want these kids to understand how to treat animals, and what they can really do if they put their mind to it.
4. What do you expect of their children as students? Why?
I expect them to be interested and eager to learn and try new experiments as well as ask any question they can think of. They may be a little unsure of the learning at first but hopefully they will start to understand better as they learn.
5. What is your policy concerning classroom behavior? How do you justify this approach?
Everyone has to be on the same page, interested in learning about animals, and how they grow and work inside and out. There would be a number of classroom rules to follow to keep everyone safe as well.
6. What is your policy concerning homework? How do you justify this approach?
I would probably have homework a few times a week just to keep the kids of their toes on what we have been doing, i would go over the homework every time it was due and ask the children if they need more help or have any questions.
There are no wrong answers to these questions. If you would like 5 pts extra credit on the participation portion of your grade, you can post your answers on the wikispace using the EDC 102 Back To School Night template.
Back To School Night
Name: Kaitlyn Grimes
Because there is not one educational philosophy that public school systems all subscribe to, teachers each design their classrooms and learning activities based on their own views of teaching, learning, and school. Thinking about your teaching philosophy allows you to question ideas about teaching and learning that you may otherwise have considered "common sense." This assignment is meant to provide a opportunity to "try out" your teaching philosophy in a realistic setting: Meeting the parents of your students at Back To School night. Your reading about the philosophical bases of teacher-centered and student-centered teaching may help you think through how you will teach and justify this approach to parents.
Imagine that you have just started your dream teaching job, and Back To School Night is scheduled in two weeks. Back To School Night is an evening where parents get to "attend class" in their child's classroom to meet the teacher and get a feel for what their child experiences each day. Each teacher is expected to meet and interact with the parents for about fifteen minutes. You need to decide what will occur during this time.
Dream Job: Teacher of Animal Sciences
Grade Level: 9th - 12th
School Description: High School with laboratory rooms
Subject High School or Middle School:
Animal Science, Anatomy & Physiology, Reproduction
1. What questions and concerns do you think parents will have?
What will my kids use this information for in the 'real world' What kind of experiments we would be doing in class, and making sure everything is well supervised.
2. What do you want parents to know about how you think students learn?
Parents should know that the Animal industry is one of the fastest growing jobs out there, and that there are many positions available in training, behavior, lab studies, and much much more.
3. What do you want parents to understand about your approach to teaching?
That i just want these kids to understand how to treat animals, and what they can really do if they put their mind to it.
4. What do you expect of their children as students? Why?
I expect them to be interested and eager to learn and try new experiments as well as ask any question they can think of. They may be a little unsure of the learning at first but hopefully they will start to understand better as they learn.
5. What is your policy concerning classroom behavior? How do you justify this approach?
Everyone has to be on the same page, interested in learning about animals, and how they grow and work inside and out. There would be a number of classroom rules to follow to keep everyone safe as well.
6. What is your policy concerning homework? How do you justify this approach?
I would probably have homework a few times a week just to keep the kids of their toes on what we have been doing, i would go over the homework every time it was due and ask the children if they need more help or have any questions.
There are no wrong answers to these questions. If you would like 5 pts extra credit on the participation portion of your grade, you can post your answers on the wikispace using the EDC 102 Back To School Night template.